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Part IV
The President
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Executive Order 12926--Implementation of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 177
Wednesday, September 14, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
                Executive Order 12926 of September 12, 1994
Implementation of the National Voter Registration
                Act of 1993
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including section 301 of title 3, United
                States Code, and in order to ensure, as required by
                section 7(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of
                1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg) (``the Act''), that
                departments, agencies, and other entities of the
                executive branch of the Federal Government cooperate
                with the States in carrying out the Act's requirements,
                it is hereby ordered as follows:
                Section 1. Assistance to States. To the greatest extent
                practicable, departments, agencies, and other entities
                of the executive branch of the Federal Government that
                provide, in whole or in part, funding, grants, or
                assistance for, or with respect to the administration
                of, any program of public assistance or services to
                persons with disabilities within the meaning of section
                7(a) of the Act shall: (a) provide, to State agencies
                administering any such program, guidance for the
                implementation of the requirements of section 7 of the
                Act, including guidance for use and distribution of
                voter registration forms in connection with
                applications for service;
                    (b) assist each such State agency administering any
                such program with the costs of implementation of the
                Act, consistent with legal authority and the
                availability of funds, and promptly indicate to each
                State agency the extent to which such assistance will
                be made available; and
                    (c) designate an office or staff to be available to
                provide technical assistance to such State agencies.
                Sec. 2. Armed Forces Recruitment Offices. The Secretary
                of Defense is directed to work with the appropriate
                State elections authorities in each State to develop
                procedures for persons to apply to register to vote at
                Armed Forces recruitment offices as required by section
                7(c) of the Act.
                Sec. 3. Acceptance of Designation. To the greatest
                extent practicable, departments, agencies, or other
                entities of the executive branch of the Federal
                Government, if requested to be designated as a voter
                registration agency pursuant to section 7(a)(3)(B)(ii)
                of the Act, shall: (a) agree to such a designation if
                agreement is consistent with the department's,
                agency's, or entity's legal authority and availability
                of funds; and
                    (b) ensure that all of its offices that are located
                in a particular State will have available to the public
                at least one of the national voter registration forms
                that are required under the Act to be available in that
                State.
                    (Presidential Sig.)>
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    September 12, 1994.
[FR Doc. 94-22969
Filed 9-13-94; 11:21 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P
                Editorial note: For the President's statement on this
                implementation, see issue 37 of the Weekly Compilation
                of Presidential Documents.